and we continue to invest in potential break-through technologies that could further remove carbon from our atmosphere. but we haven't done as much as we need to, so what i'm going to be doing over the next several weeks, next several months, is having a conversation, wide ranging conversation, with scientists, engineers, and elected officials to fine out what can -- what more can we do to make short-term progress in reduce i reducing carbons, and then working through an education process that i think is necessary, a discussion, a conversation across the country about what realistically can we do long term to make sure that this is not something we're passing on to future generations that's going to be very expensive and very painful to deal with. i don't know what either democrats or republicans are prepared to do at this point because this is one of those issues that's not just a partisan issue, i also think there are regional differences. there is no doubt that for us to take on climate change in a serious way would involve making some tough political choices and understandably i thi